Bumblebee Sets Flight Record (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Fri Jul 28, 3:15 PM ET A British bumblebee has set a record for long-distance flight, finding its way home after being dropped off 8 miles away. Nobody knows if other bees have flown farther—few tests have been done—but this flight is about 5 miles more than scientists expected. For the record, the bee flew from a garden center in Heddon on the Wall in the Tyne Valley in the county of Northumberland to its home at Newcastle University. Other bees in ...